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This week SOD and SOW interview both Melissa Archer (Natalie) and John Brotherton (Jared) about finding out that Chloe is really Hope.

When Natalie and Jared get the lock of hair from Starr’s locket, they use it to prove Chloe is Hope through a DNA test. When asked what their reactions are when their fears are proven true, Brotherton and Archer both explain that they have a lot of questions. Do they tell? What will happen to Jessica if they do? What will happen to Cole and Starr? Are they going to exhume the body? Because they’re sneaking around are they going to look like heroes or villains? Brotherton further asks, “They are also getting married. Is this going to ruin that? Whose happiness is going to be ruined?”

Archer explains that Jessica is their main concern, however, and they therefore decide to forget what they know. “It’s hard because Starr’s her cousin, and she wants Starr to know the truth, but I think more so, she wants to make sure her sister doesn’t disappear for the rest of her life.”

SOW asks if they think about telling someone else, maybe Viki. Archer answers saying, “They know Viki is going to tell. Brotherton adds, “Once they figured it out, they don’t want to know that they know it anymore. They try to forget it altogether.”

Especially when Jessica asks them to be Chloe’s godparents, right? “It’s tough,” sighs Archer. And since they’re getting married, “… it’s their joy vs. her pain,” adds Brotherton. Plus, they see signs of Michael and Marcie, Cole and Starr and Jessica being happy so they feel that they should leave well enough alone. Brotherton says, “The difficult thing is that Jared sees how much it is tearing Natalie up inside, and that now affects them and their relationship. It affects everyone who knows the truth.”

SOW asks if it was fun for their characters to figure out the truth. Laughing Archer says, “They are kind of pros at that.” Brotherton interjects saying, “It adds to their love. Their love has been based on secrets.”

Wondering about their love, SOW asks about their wedding. “It’s being planned, but things may happen,” says Brotherton. “You just never know,” says Archer.